Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:40:19 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Andrew D <andrewd@webzone.net.au> Cc: 'FreeBSD Stable' <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: sidetrack Message-ID: <44y70xhoos.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <48EDE8DC.8030108@webzone.net.au> (Andrew D.'s message of "Thu\, 09 Oct 2008 21\:49\:56 %2B1030") References: <884679.22561.qm@web110112.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <48E75BB7.2060206@madpilot.net> <e7db6d980810081817g6673b593pf9bb7e940562a340@mail.gmail.com> <20081009145337.P16723@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <48EDE8DC.8030108@webzone.net.au>
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Andrew D <andrewd@webzone.net.au> writes: > Hi Ian, > > Ian Smith wrote: >> On Wed, 8 Oct 2008, Peter Wemm wrote: >> [..] >> > My tolerance for hacking at(1) code was exceeded when I added hacks >> > for 'at sunrise' and 'at sunset' support to a local version. It >> > wasn't pretty, especially when handling things like '30 minutes before >> > sunrise' etc. (I use this for home automation stuff) >> >> Peter, just curious .. from where do you pull the current >> sunrise/sunset info for your location, and in what form? >> > > In Australia, you get it from Geoscience Australia. > > http://www.ga.gov.au/geodesy/astro/sunrise.jsp > > Just need a few curl queries and then extract the required info from > the html source :) You can get and hack the code they're using, too. On your Freebsd box, you can use astro/sscalc among a bunch of other ways of calculating the solar data. [My favorite example: emacs has lisp code for doing it, with glue for using it in the diary mode]
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